Welcome to the next Life Science Unit!
Essential Questions: 1. How do genes contribute to an organism’s survival? 2. Why are genes important in determining hereditary traits? 3. How can a mutation be helpful? 4. Why do I look the way I do? 5. How can I predict what traits will be passed from one generation to another? 6. Why is selective breeding important to me? 7. How is genetic material passed from parents to their offspring? 8. How can our knowledge of genetics be useful?
Date
Classwork and Topics
Follow up and Homework - due next class
February 16
Final Assessment- Fossils
New Textbooks - Cells and Heredity
What are some ideas you have about how genetic information is passed on?
Pre-assessment- Baby Mice
Genes - Video and shared sheet
HW: New Text - read pg 56-63
February 18
1) Update e-portfolio
2) Reproduction - how is genetic material passed on?
Asexual Reproduction - notes
Class Activity
HW: Complete vocab organizer for pg. 56-63 - shared doc
Feb 20
Understanding Asexual Reproduction:
1) Complete slide
2) Present and take notes on shared doc - advantages and disadvantages
HW:
Read 64-67
Sketch the steps of Mitiosis
Feb 24
1) Review Mitosis
2) Notes- Sexual Reproduction
3) Reading
4) Paragraph Summary of Asexual Reproduction
Essential Questions:
1. How do genes contribute to an organism’s survival?
2. Why are genes important in determining hereditary traits?
3. How can a mutation be helpful?
4. Why do I look the way I do?
5. How can I predict what traits will be passed from one generation to another?
6. Why is selective breeding important to me?
7. How is genetic material passed from parents to their offspring?
8. How can our knowledge of genetics be useful?
New Textbooks - Cells and Heredity
What are some ideas you have about how genetic information is passed on?
Pre-assessment- Baby Mice
Genes - Video and shared sheet
2) Reproduction - how is genetic material passed on?
Asexual Reproduction - notes
Class Activity
1) Complete slide
2) Present and take notes on shared doc - advantages and disadvantages
Read 64-67
Sketch the steps of Mitiosis
2) Notes- Sexual Reproduction
3) Reading
4) Paragraph Summary of Asexual Reproduction
2) Self evaluate Asexual Reproduction Paragraph on Moodle- using this rubric
Mitosis vs. Meiosis - Venn Diagram Comparison
Watch this
READ pg 80-87
Complete organizer -shared
2) Flower Dissection Lab:
Resources for the lab
Parts and Definitions
Hibiscus Flower Diagram
ASSESSMENT COMING MARCH 23rd - study guide will be shared one week before
2) Pollinators - Reading
2) DNA - Tour of the Basics- use link here to start tour:
1) Review flower parts using this link
2) Work on DNA Tour:
minimum (1-10) complete for Thursday
2) Strawberry DNA Extraction
1) Strawberry DNA Extraction questions completed
2) Study and/or reread section 56-63 in textbook and vocabulary organizer as well for next class - READING CHECK UP QUIZ?